APG continues on prudent hedge fund investment path
With over a decade of experience in hedge fund investing, Dutch pension fund investment manager APG believes managed accounts are the best way to gain a perfect alignment of interests.
The Netherlands is perhaps best known for tulips and Van Gogh rather than its enthusiasm for hedge funds. Yet the country is home to one of the best-known supporters of the hedge fund industry; APG, the dedicated pension services and investment arm of ABP, the Dutch civil servant pension fund.
By US standards APG’s investment into hedge funds are modest, accounting for just over €11 billion ($13.6 billion) out of a total of more than €300 billion ($371 billion) in assets managed for a group of
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